There’s a couple of lines of argument about how we do public policy in this country (and in other comparable countries for that matter) that have been on my mind recently. One line is that we’re no good at it. Or at least not as good at it now as we once were in a […]
We have to talk about the Web
“Web Science” is probably an unfamiliar phrase for some. Obscure even. As someone once remarked, the only problem with the phrase “Web Sciences” is the word “web”, the word “science” and the way the two words are used together. Which is a bit tricky, because the conversation which those two words signify is becoming more […]
Group Genius Part 2
This is the second part of the “group genius” explanation, the thinking that lies at the heart of the work of PwC’s The Difference and the new venture at PwC I am now working on, The Impact Assembly. Here is the first installment. This installment starts by rehearsing the 14 “axioms” that Matt and Gail […]
Group genius (the fundamentals of good collaboration)
Over the next few days, I will publish, in a few short extracts, a fascinating essay outlining some of the core concepts behind “group genius”, developed in the US in the 1980s by Matt and Gail Taylor (architect and teacher respectively). Their work, some of the basic assumptions and claims of whihc are neatly summarised […]
Social innovation’s future: just the right time to make an impact
I wrote this blog as reflection on the recent Wayfinder conference hosted by Nesta in London and run by the Social Innovation Exchange. The reflections are partly to report on some of the big themes of the two days, and partly to put forward a few thoughts of my own about where social innovation as […]
Flight or fight: or how to be a good public servant in difficult times
You may have noticed stories in recent days about the use, by several government agencies in the United States, of “rogue” Twitter accounts to counter what at least some of their staff view as inappropriate prohibitions by the new Trump administration of the use of their official social media channels to make information available on […]
